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Only in politics can you swallow a nail and shit a corkscrew.
In Britain they had local elections this past week. The Conservatives lost more than 1,300 seats, their worst performance in almost a quarter of a century. Labour, the opposition, did very badly too. And the kneejerk instinct of both parties and the newspapers that support them was to draw a conclusion that was the exact opposite of the truth.
“Got the message? Deliver Brexit!” screamed the Daily Express on Friday. “So now will they listen?” screamed the Daily Mail, joining its rival in trying to blame the defeats on Prime Minister Theresa May’s failure thus far to deliver the Brexit that Britain narrowly voted for nearly three years ago.